Texas Governor Rick Perry received the endorsement of the National Rifle Association on Friday.
The incumbent governor is locked in a tough primary race with fellow Republican, U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison. Perry is trying to position himself as the true conservative in the race.
The NRA endorsement comes just days after the Perry Camp announced that fellow conservative and Republican Party mega-star Sarah Palin will campaign with Perry in February.
Upon accepting the endorsement, Perry said, “Thankfully, we have organizations like these that are devoted to defending our essential Second Amendment rights and protecting the pillars of our democracy. I honestly believe in an individual’s right to carry for the way it helps a citizen with self-defense and for the deterrent effect it has on other violent crimes. This keeps us all safer.”
The NRA also commended Kay Bailey Hutchison for her support of gun rights, but added that it is usually the policy of the NRA to endorse the incumbent.
I don’t believe the NRA would support a RINO
I don’t believe the NRA would support a RINO
I do if they support RINO Perry.
So you have one opinion I have another.
Don't kid yourself.
I belong to the NRA and support their cause, but they are a single-issue organization. They could care less on abortion, homosexual special rights, fiscal policy, free trade, or any one of our other platform issues.
I consider what the NRA has to say about a candidate, but I look at the overall picture. In this case they're saying KBH is OK on the gun issue as well, so their recommendation shouldn't be a factor.
On the surface, I'd take the Tea Party candidate with Rick Perry as a second choice. I'd leave it blank before I'd vote for KBH.
So you're okay with the legislation Perry wanted pass requiring all girls get vaccinated for HPV? You are for the TTC and the selling of our toll roads to a Spanish company? You are for the taking of private property to give to foreign companies to build roads?
Wait, did you say you were, again, a conservative or a liberal?
The NRA is concerned with a single issue. Don't pretend like they are the ultimate teller of RINOs. They gave Hutchison an A+.